excoriate

verbCommon GRE wordMore E words

to criticize someone very severely and publicly

In a sentence

Excoriate in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing excoriate in a sentence.

The columnist excoriated the mayor for ignoring the city's housing crisis.

Synonyms

Antonyms

praiseextol

Keep going

to gradually decline, recede, or diminish

overflowing enthusiasm and liveliness

the quality of overflowing, bubbling enthusiasm

overflowing with cheerful enthusiasm and high spirits

deviating from conventional or accepted behavior in odd ways

a level or rank within an organization, profession, or society

drawing from a wide and diverse range of sources or styles

to deprive of importance or overshadow by being superior

Common questions

Excoriate (verb) means to criticize someone very severely and publicly

Here is excoriate used in an example sentence: "The columnist excoriated the mayor for ignoring the city's housing crisis."

Common synonyms for excoriate include castigate, lambaste, censure, denounce.

Antonyms of excoriate include praise, extol.

Excoriate is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

Vocabulary sticks when you meet it in real sentences. Practise these words inside text completion and sentence equivalence questions.